Amare Interruptus

Author's Note: As it turns out I will not be able to get my replacement computer for a while. So I am stuck using my wife's desktop. But considering that she has a 34" TV for a monitor, this blind ol' bat (meaning ME - I refer to my wife as "young and attractive") can see now, so I'm ever grateful. So the updates to my stories will be spotty at best. Please bear with me while I get this situation straightened out.

Author Warning: The first part of it would be considered PG-13 – some nudity…and implied blatant s**. I'd suggest that if you're under-age read the next chapter.

Animal's Home, 503-4141 Henderson Road, Arlington VA, 1830hrs

Animal walked through the door of his home exhausted and hungry, Maegyn on his heels. The afternoon sunlight streamed through the windows to fall upon the cushions of the sofa in the living room, which helped to warm them up nicely. The sofa was cowhide leather dyed black and it was beaten up just enough to look presentable, yet comfortable.

Maegyn letting out a deep sigh of relief, dropped bonelessly onto the cushions and grinned at Animal. "Man, I'm so tired…" she groaned as she looked over at him with a sideways glance. Maegyn silently assessed her long-time friend, former squadron-mate and casual current lover. She had greatly appreciated that he was willing to consider the idea of taking their relationship farther than they had previously thought would be possible. Nervous about broaching the subject again after the trauma that they had gone through the previous weekend, she tentatively ran her hand through her hair before opening her mouth to speak, "You remember that talk we had before we went up to Manassas to go flying?" she ventured cautiously.

Animal peered back at her as he casually came over to sit down beside her on the couch. "I think so" he said briefly looking at Maegyn with curiosity visible in his eyes.

Maegyn reached out a hand to take his right as he gave her a questioning look. "I have one more tour as a squadron commander and then I'm going to put in for a staff position." Animal nodded in response; he sensed that Maegyn had more to say. "I've given serious thought to my plans after flying." She paused looking for assurance as she squeezed Animal's hand she held and reached her other out to him which he took in his other hand, caressing her palm while she weighed the next thing that she was going to say in her mind. "I…it…involves a…well…a serious commitment…to, um, starting a relationship…" she stammered as she fought to get the words out clearly. She smirked as Animal raised his eyebrows questioningly. "You seem surprised…"

"Well…I am…a little bit…" Animal stated, rather taken aback at her candor.

"Didn't think I was the settling down type?" Maegyn asked peevishly while she shot him an affronted look. "Proved you wrong; didn't I?" She leaned into Animal's embrace and tilted her head up inviting him to kiss her softly on the lips. She leaned into his embrace as he pulled her towards him. Licking his lips with the tip of her tongue, she started loosening his tie, which she grasped in one hand, pulling the knot loose to slide the tie off his white shirt.

"Um…" Animal playfully asked. "What are you doing?"

"Showing you what life with me around will be like…" Maegyn purred, her voice low; husky with desire. Animal's eyes widened as Maegyn started unbuttoning his shirt one button at a time, showering kisses on his cheeks, his lips and neck. When she undid the final button of his uniform shirt, she tugged it out of the restraint of his still tied belt. When the shirt was off, she tossed it carelessly over the top of his armchair with a casual flip of the wrist then still bestowing kisses to his face, she hooked her fingers over the top of his belt pulling him towards her. Animal was now groaning with pent-up carnal frustration as he restrained himself admirably from stripping himself, pulling off Maegyn's clothes and just ravishing her. He inferred from her deliberate actions that she wanted a slow tender love-making pace tonight and Animal was more than willing to let Maegyn set the pace as she knew what she wanted and all Animal wanted to do was to please her. Maegyn wordlessly unbuckled his belt, tugging on the buckle to pull it through the loops then impatiently tugged at the dress pants to leave them pooled on the floor.

"Oh God…Maegyn." Animal groaned as Maegyn nipped him lightly on the bottom lip as she lifted his white t-shirt over his head, leaving him bare-chested.

"Mmmm…muscular…" she murmured knowingly as she ran a light fingered touch along his chest making him shiver in response. Maegyn knew that Animal kept his body in shape, dedicatedly going to the gym, in hopes that he would be able to somehow find his way back into a cockpit, though she knew that Animal knew his hopes of flying a military aircraft again grew dimmer and dimmer with each passing year. He had been a dedicated gym-rat going two hours every day to lift weights and evidently from the toned body that she gazed upon, he had kept up that regimen. But she appreciated the fact that he kept his body in peak physical condition, and she admired the way his muscles rippled in the afternoon sunlight that came through the slits of the now drawn venetian blinds which she had closed in the brief moment between taking his shirt off and stripping him of his pants to leave him in briefs. Maegyn smiled, appreciating her lover's toned physique as she divested him of that undergarment leaving him open to display his dishabille.

"Strip for me…" Animal groaned in agony of denial as Maegyn's fingers moved southward temptingly delaying the act of coitus for her own satisfaction.

"In a moment…lover…" she purred softly kneeling down on her knees as she grasped her lover's manhood with a tender caress, leaning in closer…licking her lips…in anticipation…

Animal's Home, 503-4141 Henderson Road, Arlington VA, 1845hrs

Harm stood outside the door of Animal's apartment; hand raised mid-knock. "His car's home…" Harm stated to no-one in particular, wondering if his own mental state was OK; considering he was talking to himself. Finally he said to himself. "OK…I really do need to talk to him about Lia…" He had known Animal as a friend for a long time and two friends at loggerheads, especially considering Lia was someone that he wanted to get to know on a deeper basis. He really wanted Animal and Lia to get along, because he sure as hell didn't want his girlfriend to hate Animal. Because that would just make things really strained.

Animal's Home, 503-4141 Henderson Road, Arlington VA, 1850hrs

Maegyn had just leaned her head down…towards Animal…when the knock on the door startled her enough that she nipped him one…which caused Animal to yip in pain. Apologizing profusely, she stood up, alarmed, ensuring that she hadn't damaged him severely enough that he couldn't function, once she got that son-of-a bitch who had knocked on the door and pitched him head-first off the balcony. Animal had his eyes tightly shut, her teeth having grazed him rather painfully, when the knock had come, was bent in a fetal position on the couch in actual agony. Luckily, Animal hadn't divested her of HER clothes yet, so she was still clothed in her uniform. Animal on the other hand…was not so dressed for company. She quickly whipped into Animal's bedroom to grab a bathrobe to cover him as well as a blanket off the bed. Tossing the bathrobe to the still curled up in fetal position Animal and draping the blanket over him to cover him. She went over to the door just as another round of insistent knocking came from the door. Opening it, she noticed Harm standing there looking at the uniform articles of clothing littered hap-hazard all over the floor of Animal's living room.

"Uh…Hi…Irish…was I interrupting anything?" Harm asked looking past Maegyn's shoulder to indicate the clothing on the floor. Maegyn's flush of embarrassment kind of gave him an idea of what the quivering lump under the blanket was all about.

"Oh…geez…" Harm cringed shaking his head. This was something he didn't want to know about Irish and Animal. No bloody way! He swore he'd need eye-bleach to get this out of his mind.

"Yeah…" Maegyn growled with no small amount of snark. A groan of pain from underneath the blanket. "Do you mind going into the washroom and staying there until I can get him dressed again?" she asked pointedly, rather annoyed that their moment of intimacy was ruined by Harm intruding.

Harm mentally filed that under the category of too much information and rapidly retreated without commenting to the washroom…swearing that he would shut the door and lock it so that he could get the implied image of a naked Animal out of his mind. He wished that he could replace it with the naked image of someone he wanted to get to know better – Lia for that matter.

Harm swore to himself that the next time, he'd phone first.

Author's note: Sorry about the short little interlude. I'm just letting you know that I'm still here…but this computer situation isn't making me very happy.